Endeavour (TV Series 2012– ) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Set in the 1960s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford. Stars: As Endeavour and Thursday deal with the heartbreak of Joan's departure, a death at East Cowley Slipper Baths hurls the pair into another dark adventure. 9.1 As Endeavour Morse takes his sergeant's exam, a garment factory owner is shot dead outside a bank during a wage snatch. 9.0 When a petty criminal absconds from an open prison, it sets off a chain reaction of troubling events, threatening to expose unspeakable horrors of the past.

8.9 a list of 37 titles created 16 Jul 2011 a list of 24 titles created 23 Jan 2012 a list of 48 titles created 14 Apr 2013 a list of 32 titles created 01 Oct 2015 a list of 23 titles created 4 months ago Search for " Endeavour " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them. Stars: Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Clare Holman A Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester. Stars: James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie Inspector Morse has an ear for music, a taste for beer and a nose for crime. He sets out with Sergeant Lewis to solve each intriguing case.

Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout Inspector George Gently (TV Series 2007) Crime | Drama | Mystery With the help of DS John Bacchus, Inspector George Gently spends his days bringing to justice members of the criminal underworld who are unfortunate enough to have the intrepid investigator assigned to their cases. Stars: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Simon Hubbard With her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope and her trusted right-hand man DS Joe Ashworth face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape. Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Jon Morrison, David Leon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10 X As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.

Stars: Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell Father Brown (TV Series 2013) Crime | Drama | Mystery Series inspired by the stories of GK Chesterton; a Catholic priest has a knack for solving mysteries in his English village. Stars: Mark Williams, Sorcha Cusack, Nancy Carroll Midsomer Murders (TV Series 1997) Crime | Drama | Mystery A veteran DCI and his young sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County. Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson DCI Banks (TV Series 2010) Crime | Drama | Mystery The tenacious and stubborn DCI Banks unravels disturbing murder mysteries aided by his young assistants, DS Annie Cabbot and DI Helen Morton. Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Jack Deam, Andrea Lowe DI Jimmy Perez and his team investigate crimes within the close knit island community of Shetland.

Stars: Douglas Henshall, Steven Robertson, Alison O'Donnell Scott & Bailey (TV Series 2011) Crime | Drama Two female detectives, one motherly, the other emotionally immature, have varying levels of success applying their eccentric outlooks on life to their police cases and private lives. Stars: Suranne Jones, Lesley Sharp, Tony Mooney DI Jack Frost is an unconventional policeman with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice. Sloppy, disorganized and disrespectful, he attracts trouble like a magnet. Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons Edit Storyline Series 1 follows the early police career of young Endeavour Morse, who upon leaving his Oxford College without a degree, spending time in the Royal Signal Corps., and eventually joining the Oxfordshire Police, is transferred to CID, attaining the rank of Detective Constable. Originally starting out his career at Carshall-Newtown Police, Morse transfers to the Oxford City Police in 1965 following a murder investigation during the pilot episode. While with the Oxford City Police, Morse is taken under the wing of veteran Detective Inspector Fred Thursday.

Inspector Thursday names Morse his designated "bag man" and shows him the ropes as Morse begins to solve a string of complex murders, much to the envy and annoyance of some of his superiors, particularly Detective Sergeant Jakes and Chief Superintendent Bright. Thursday and Morse's fellow officer, Police Constable Strange, try to steer the young Endeavour into taking his Sergeant's exam, so that he may be relieved of "General Duties" ... Written by harrycallahan18 1 July 2012 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Les enquêtes de Morse See more » Company Credits Did You Know? Trivia Endeavor was not the first time Roger Allam and Shaun Evans play police colleagues. Allam was Det. Supt. Mackintosh and Evans played P.C. Kevin Hales in season 2 premiere of Ashes to Ashes (2009).

See more » Connections A more than worthy, and almost as good, prequel series to Inspector Morse 13 August 2015 | by TheLittleSongbird (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews Not just a more than worthy prequel series to one of my favourite detective dramas of all time and goes very well with it, but it is a great series on its own as well, one that got off to a good start, though some of the pilot and the first episode had a still-finding-its-feet-feel (understandably), and just keeps getting stronger. It maintains everything that makes Inspector Morse so good, while also containing enough to make it its own. Endeavour looks great, the series throughout is exquisitely photographed and there is something very nostalgic and charming about the atmospherically evoked 1960s period detail. It was also a genius move to keep Barrington Pheloung on board, with his hauntingly beautiful scoring and immortal Inspector Morse theme, while the classical music and operatic excerpts are delightful to hear and fit perfectly (a notable example would be in the Fugue episode, the music having a beautiful and frightfully ominous effect).

The series is also every bit as intelligently written as Inspector Morse, it's every bit as entertaining and also every bit as tense. Not all the story lines are very original, but they are always incredibly gripping with the mysteries not being too complicated or the identities being too improbable or obvious, Morse and Thursday's father/son relationship has a lot of warmth, is so well written within the stories and is a large part of the series' appeal and there is some good suspense (chilling in fact in the case of Fugue). Pacing is restrained, but that allows the atmosphere to come through, and pretty much all the same it excels in that aspect. The characters are interesting, and are evolving more and more with every episode, Morse's familiar characteristics are becoming more obvious as the writing develops and Morse and Thursday's relationship more entertaining and heartfelt. Shaun Evans does some powerful, charismatic work as younger Morse, and is getting more and more confident with every episode, showing enough loyalty to John Thaw's iconic Morse while making the character his own too.

Roger Allam is also superb, his rapport with Evans always compels and entertains but Thursday is quite a sympathetic character, as well as loyal and firm, and Allam does a lot special with a role that could have been less interesting possibly in lesser hands. All the acting is very good, as is the controlled direction, but it's the performances of Evans and Allam that will always be remembered most vividly. All in all, a more than worthy (if not quite as good, only because I love Inspector Morse with a passion) prequel series and also a great series on its own that keeps getting stronger. 9/10 Bethany Cox 8 of 9 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes "Endeavour" Pilot (TV Episode 2012) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Young Endeavour Morse joins Inspector Fred Thursday's investigation into the disappearance of a schoolgirl named Mary Tremlett.

Director: Colin Dexter (characters), Russell Lewis (written and devised by) Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 30 titles created 20 Aug 2012 a list of 41 titles created 04 Apr 2014 a list of 25 titles created 04 Aug 2014 a list of 22 titles created 26 Sep 2014 a list of 33 titles created 3 months ago Search for " Pilot " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Pilot (01 Jul 2012) 8.3/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Edit Storyline In Oxford, 1965, Endeavour Morse is a teetotaler and a classical music loving young constable who considers leaving the force after an unhappy affair but stays to join Inspector Thursday's investigation into the disappearance of schoolgirl Mary Tremlett.

By deciphering a code based on crosswords in the local paper and Mary's poetry books, Morse deduces that Mary was meeting a lover and leads Thursday to the site of her murder. Following the suicide of Mary's boyfriend, student Miles Percival, Morse meets Miles' tutor, Dr. Stromming, the crossword setter who was seeing Mary but had an alibi for the murder. DS Lott, jealous of Thursday's regard for Morse's sharpness, attempts to incriminate Miles but then the police learn that Mary and other girls were paid to attend orgies by creepy car dealer Teddy Samuels, who has Lott in his pocket, as well as other worthies. As a result, both Thursday (a great mentor who also introduces the young constable to real ale) and Morse are carpeted. Morse... Written by don @ minifie-1 Did You Know? Trivia The comment by Mrs Crabbin, Morse's landlady, "This was Mr Bleaney's room.

He stayed the whole time he was at the Bodleian" is a near-quote from Philip Larkin's poem "Mr Bleaney", apart from the substitution of "Bodleian" instead of "Bodies" (as in the car body plant at a car factory). See more » Goofs A radio broadcast refers to a manuscript being "gifted" to the Bodleian Library. The use of "gift" as a verb did not become widespread until several decades later. The correct word would be "donated". See more » Quotes [first lines] BBC Announcer: Good morning, everyone. It's six o'clock on Sunday morning and the BBC Light Programme is beginning another day's broadcasting. See more » Crazy Credits In the end credits of the PBS Masterpiece Mystery! broadcast (though not the original ITV broadcast), some letters are shown in red... these spell out L-O-N-S-D-A-L-E, the name of a fictional Oxford college associated with Morse. See more » Connections Endeavour (Series) - TV Tropes Chekhov's Gun : In "Neverland", Chekhov's Scarf. In "Game", the original purpose of the JCN computer was to run a postal address database.

Later in the episode Morse and Thursday need to locate an address, and find that the computer can look it up in mere hours, as opposed to the days a manual search would take. Chekhov's Skill : Subverted in "Home". Early on, Morse is established as an excellent shot, and this is brought up a couple more times in the episode. In the end, however, it's Inspector Thursday whose skill with a pistol saves Morse, not the other way around. In "Prey", Chief Superintendent Bright's reminiscences of hunting a man-eating tiger in India prove crucial at the climax. Chewing the Scenery : Chief Superintendent Bright in "Rocket", as the pressure of the murder investigation begins to tell on him. Chuck Cunningham Syndrome : Many characters from the pilot episode, in particular Superintendent Crisp and Sergeant Lott, disappear without any explanation in the first full series (although Thursday clearly wanted the corrupt Lott gone in the pilot, and it's plausible that others met a similar fate). Comforting Comforter : Thursday drapes his coat over Morse in "Fugue." Comforting the Widow : The killer in "Home" kills her husband to invoke this. It doesn't work.

Composite Character : The Series 3 premiere was a Whole Plot Reference to The Great Gatsby . Harry Rose is a combination of Meyer Wolfstein and George Wilson (as the killer of the Gatsby Expy), or so we're led to believe; in reality, it's Dan Cody, the man who mentors a young Gatsby. Consulting Mister Puppet : In "Neverland", ventriloquist Benny Topling can only speak about his suppressed trauma through his dummy. Continuity Nod : In "Trove", the Saxon buckle from the Inspector Morse episode "The Wolvercote Tongue" gets namechecked. Corrupt Cop : Most of the police force in the pilot, to the point that Thursday hires Morse partially because he actually trusts him. In "Trove", a notebook was stolen from the crime scene, and it's strongly implied that the villains pulled this off using a mole inside the police force. Becomes the main plot in "Neverland". Covered in Gunge : In the opening of "Trove", a beauty queen is attacked with paint by a feminist protester. Creator Cameo : Colin Dexter appears as one of the dons in "Home".

He also appears in each episode of series 2, always within the first few minutes of the episode. Cunning Linguist : In consecutive episodes, it is revealed that Thursday speaks both Italian and German fluently. Da Chief : Superintendent Bright, although his air of authority is slightly undermined by his rhotacism . Da Editor : Dorothea Frazil is a more subdued example being more of a subdued Deadpan Snarker rather than the Large Ham normally associated with the trope. She's normally the one doing the reporting so there's nobody for her to yell at, and she's one of the only characters from the Pilot to carry over into the series proper. Day of the Week Name : DI Thursday. Deadpan Snarker : If we had such a trope as Crowning Moment Of Snark, Thursday's deadpan response to Bright's anecdote about meeting Princess Margaret would definitely qualify. Or his response in "Fugue" when Bright emphasizes Morse is only being taken off general duties to assist with this one case: Bright: I don't want him getting ideas. Thursday: That's kind of what I'm counting on. Max DeBryn also has his moments. Morse: You're the, you're the pathologist, I presume.

DeBryn: Better hope so, hadn't you. Otherwise I'm making one hell of a mess of your scene of crime. Dying Clue : The Reverend in 'Girl' leaves one. Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette : The daughter of one of the victims in 'Fugue'. Embarrassing First Name : It's right there in the title: Endeavour. I Ain't Got Time to Bleed : Morse chases after a suspect and doesn't collapse until after he's lost him entirely. In "Coda", Thursday is slowly dying from a bullet fragment in his lung. Right before he launches a one-man assault on the bank where his daughter is being held, he coughs up the bullet through sheer force of willpower. I Let Gwen Stacy Die : In a rare platonic example, Thursday's partner was killed by the mob earlier in his career, causing a lifelong hatred of the mobsters who killed him. Incurable Cough of Death : Through series 3. Thanks to his injuries in "Neverland", Thursday has a bullet in his lung, and suffers from coughing fits that get worse as the series progresses, much to everybody's concern. It's exacerbated by his refusal to seek medical attention.

In the final episode it reaches the point that he's bent over a sink coughing up blood — and then subverted as he coughs out the bullet and after that everything's fine. Jerkass : DS Jakes starts off as one, especially (though not only) toward Morse, but seems to have wised up by the second series. Jerkass Has a Point : While Bright's attitude towards Morse seems unjustified, he points out that his role as Thursday's Number Two undermines the police rank system, it normally goes to a sergeant not a constable. He also believes that Morse is just too inexperienced to be a detective (reinforced by Morse making two big mistakes, a false arrest and overlooking a suspect in a murder investigation), something which Thursday reluctantly agrees is true. Jurisdiction Friction : There's one between the Oxford City Police, which Morse and co. work for and the Oxford County Police, which arises when a student at a local girl's boarding school is murdered. Just One Little Mistake : Happens very frequently, and mentioned by name in "Rocket." Kansas City Shuffle : The killer's Evil Plan in "Fugue" involves pulling this on Morse and Thursday ... twice.

Last Name Basis : Already in full effect with Morse, who refuses to tell anyone his Embarrassing First Name . Thursday knows it and uses it to get his attention in the pilot, but otherwise he's just "Morse". London Gangster : One of them, an old nemesis of Thursday, sets up a nightclub in Oxford during the events of "Home". Said gangster is an associate of the Fletcher Brothers, who are implied to be even worse, and he is rumored to have gone to Oxford to escape their wrath. O.O.C. Is Serious Business : Thursday pretending not to know what sort of sandwiches Win's made for him, and Morse telling him (because she always makes the same sort on the same day of the week) quickly becomes a bonding ritual. In "Trove", it's a sign that Morse is deeply troubled when he stops playing along. Max, the coroner, is typically shown maintaining the utmost sang-froid examining every dead body he sees and usually making a few droll comments , but he's shown as very shaken by the murder of a schoolgirl in "Nocturne" and begs Morse to catch the person responsible.

Also in "Nocturne", while Bright is usually an Obstructive Bureaucrat , but he's furious when an office from the County Police tries to raise Jurisdiction Friction , angrily commenting that they shouldn't be butting heads over this kind of issue when there's the murder of a child to be solved. Papa Wolf : Do not go after Thursday's family. You will regret it. Parental Substitute : Thursday to Morse in a manner of speaking. Plot-Based Photograph Obfuscation : In "Nocturne", Morse looks into an unsolved Victorian era murder of a wealthy family which was popularly blamed on the youngest daughter (who was the only person left alive who was in the household), and support seems to be lent to this by the fact that the daughter died in an institution and her father scratched her face out of all photographs and even painted over her portrait, leaving her The Blank . At the end of the episode, after having figured out she wasn't the killer, Morse comes across one photograph which was unscathed, and reveals the daughter had Downs Syndrome, indicating that far from being an Ax-Crazy monster, she was a disabled person who suffered horribly due to Victorian mores and her jerkass father.

Police Brutality : Thursday loses his temper and assaults a prisoner in "Prey". Bright, while bawling Thursday out, notes that the standard cover story for this trope will be given out: that the man fell down the stairs on his way to the cells. Thursday escalates this behavior in "Coda," leading to his suspension from the force due to public complaints. Put on a Bus : Jakes leaves both the police force and Oxford in order to start a family in "Arcadia." Also counts as Earn Your Happy Ending , considering what we found out about him in "Neverland." Monica, after being a recurring character and potential love interest for Morse (even if any relationship would have been Doomed by Canon ) throughout Series 2, is Demoted to Extra for the first two episodes of Series 3, and then dropped altogether after that. After the events of the bank robbery in "Coda," Joan Thursday suffers a Heroic B.S.O.D. and quietly leaves Oxford, asking Morse (and her parents via a letter) not to try tracking her down. Rage Against the Legal System : This turns out to be the motive of the killer in "Fugue".

Rank Up : Strange becomes a Sergeant in Series 3 and Morse's immediate superior when Jakes leaves. Morse himself finally decides to take his Sergeant exams during the finale. Reasonable Authority Figure : Thursday, he has no problem listening to Morse. Right Behind Me : In "Neverland", while Strange is passing on station gossip about Thursday to Morse. Win always gives her husband Fred the same sandwiches on the same days of the week. In the second series there's also a kind of running gag involving a billboard advertising Grimsby pilchards. Screw the Rules, I Have Connections! : Strange admits that his Masonic connections may have helped him become a Sergeant and his transfer from being a general policeman to the Criminal Investigation Department. Sequel Hook : "Trove" ends with the criminals vowing to use their Masonic connections to get revenge on Morse, and Morse positive that he's overlooked something. We're then shown a shot of what he forgot: a notebook that went missing from the crime scene, being passed from one unknown figure to another. Reiterated in "Nocturne" — see Hand of Death above. Both of these pay off in "Neverland". Setting Update : Reaps what the Inspector Morse series sowed in this regard.

That series updated novels set from 1970 onwards to the then-present (1987 onwards). Endeavour, which is initially set in 1965, follows the TV chronology, so its setting is 20+ years before the original series, not five. Shell-Shocked Veteran : Inspector Thursday was clearly traumatized by his experiences in World War II, which left a darkness in him that he does his best to suppress. Shout-Out : In "Home", a London Gangster transplanted in Oxford fears his higher ups, who are identified as the "Fletcher Brothers", which is the name given to the London Gangster employers of Get Carter 's Villain Protagonist . In "Trove", when Morse is following up a clue, he sees a sign for "R Duck, Theatrical Agent, Fourth Floor." Withnail names his first agent as "Raymond Duck. Four floors up on the Charing Cross Road." Also in "Trove", the prominent advertising for Grimsby Pilchards calls to mind Tony Hancock's unsuccessful attempts to advertise pilchards in "The Bowmans". Yet again in "Trove", talent agent Val Todd has a phone call from Mr.

White from Play-Tone and another from "Lane from SCDP." In "Nocturne", part of the investigation involves an unsolved murder in 1866. One of the police at that time was Detective Constable Cuff . note The dates don't quite work out, sadly — Cuff in The Moonstone was a Sergeant in 1848 and retired in 1849. In the same episode, the head of the College of Arms is mentioned as being " Sir Hilary ." In "Neverland", the law firm Morse visits has a Mr Vholes as one of its partners. In "Prey", a body is found with marks suggesting an attack by a tiger or similar big cat. Morse raises the possibility that a weapon specially made to leave such marks could have been used. The Sherlock Holmes story "The Veiled Lodger" includes such a weapon, though in both cases the marks turn out to be from an actual animal attack. Also in "Prey", Bright recalls being in India near Pankot, and mentions there being trouble with the Thuggee cult — implying that the events of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom are historical fact in the Morseverse.

Also in "Prey", characters say "It's in the trees...." "It's coming" — confirmed by Word of God as a reference to both Kate Bush's 'Hounds of Love', and the film 'Night of the Demon'. In "Prey", the land agent, named Craven, is revealed to have been a big game hunter. This is a reference to the Marvel Comics character Kraven the Hunter. In "Prey" one of the victims of a tiger attack is named Ricky Parker. Richard Parker is the name of the tiger in The Life Of Pi . In turn, the name in the novel was taken from a couple of people (both real and fictional) with that name who were victims of cannibalism . In "Coda", Thursday reveals his mentor was Sergeant Vimes of Cable Street . Also in "Coda", Morse distracts the villain by claiming he's fired all his six shots . As he's dragged away the man begs to know if he had or not. In "Coda", Morse bumps into an old professor of his, the campy classical scholar Jerome Hogg. Hogg comments about a male student "preferring oysters despite all of his (Hogg's) blandishments".

This is a reference to Spartacus which has a scene where snails and oysters are used as a metaphor for respectively homosexual and heterosexual relationships. "Game", in which a computer features prominently, is set at " Lovelace College". In "Game", the computer is programmed in " Forbin -66", a play on the real life language FORTRAN-66. Took a Level in Jerkass : Strange starts out as Morse's friend and appears to be a trustworthy ally. However, he betrays Morse in "Neverland" to advance his career, and when promoted to Jakes' position in "Prey", immediately starts ordering Morse around. And then proceeds to follow Thursday's example of knocking around informants . This shift makes sense, as in the original Morse series, Strange, who risen to the position of Chief Superintendent, has a relationship of mutual respect with Morse, but is decidedly not a friend, let alone a close friend. Thursday too, still reeling from being shot in "Neverland" begins to indulge more and more in Police Brutality in Series 3 much to Morse's shock and disgust. Took a Level in Kindness : Morse began the series as a bit of an arsehole.

His personal growth is complete in "Arcadia": Rather than spoil DS Jakes' farewell party with his dour presence, he gift-wraps some savings bonds as a present to the soon-to-be Mrs. Jakes. Jakes starts out appearing to be an all around Jerk Ass and stereotypical Old-Fashioned Copper . However, he starts to become somewhat more likable throughout series 2, culminating in the reveal of his horrendously abusive childhood . He then parts with Morse on friendly terms early in series 3. Bright, of all people, goes from an Obstructive Bureaucrat with Sleazy Politician tendencies in the first two series to a much more sympathetic character in Series 3. As penance for railroading Morse in the 'Who Shot Thursday?' case, he exposes himself to serious danger while protecting his subordinates in "Prey" and "Coda." It is also revealed he personally watched over Thursday in hospital after the events of "Neverland", to protect him from the corrupt coppers trying to finish the job. This probably has something to do with the actor, Anton Lesser, striking gold with Game of Thrones and needing to be enticed back to his (rather thankless) old role.

Turn in Your Badge : In both the pilot and in "Girl". Weak, but Skilled : As Thursday points out, Morse might be a good detective, but he is a horrible policeman, and that "no one can teach you the first, any fool can learn the second." Weapons Understudies : The Standfast SAM in "Rocket" is played by a Bristol Bloodhound. "Well Done, Son!" Guy : Cyril Morse (Alan Williams, incidentally a dead ringer for John Thaw). He's not exactly a people person, either. He never liked coppers — as he blithely admits to the newly-minted Constable Morse! Morse's stepmother, Gwen, has always treated him as an interloper and basically kicked him out of the house. By then Joyce had been born and Cyril probably didnï¿½t want to divide his time between the two. We do learn in "Home" that he took his son out shooting, and while this is probably not how lil' Endeavour wanted to spend his afternoons, he is nevertheless an expert shot. So the gist of it is that Cyril's personality (cold and exacting) rubbed off on Morse. Wham Episode : "Neverland".

It ends on a cliffhanger: Thursday has been shot and seriously, possibly fatally injured. Morse has been framed for the murder of the Chief Constable. Whole Plot Reference : "Rocket" features Henry Broom and his children Richard, John, and Harry (deceased)- all Plantagenet kings , but more specifically it is one of many references in the episode to The Lion in Winter . There's also the Broom matriarch returning from "exile" (like Eleanor of Aquitaine); the death of Harry, the favored son and heir, causing a Succession Crisis for the family; a proposed merger with the French; and an I Know You Know I Know line that can be seen as a Shout-Out to Geoffrey's famous one in The Lion in Winter . Even the last name is a reference: "Plantagenet" comes from planta genista, the medieval word for the broom flower. The plot of "Ride" is fairly transparently a reference to both The Great Gatsby and The Prestige . Wicked Cultured : The entire plot of "Fugue".

:: Indexes :: Endeavour - Renewed for a 2nd Season by ITV Endeavour - Renewed for a 2nd Season by ITV ITV recommissions Endeavour for a second series Starring Shaun Evans and Roger Allam produced by Mammoth Screen ITV’s critically acclaimed crime drama, Endeavour, will return for a second series following the phenomenal success of the first series starring Shaun Evans and Roger Allam. As a prequel to the much-admired Inspector Morse, Endeavour debuted in 2012 with a feature length story to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Morse. Consequently, this one off became the highest performing new drama title to air on ITV that year. With Shaun Evans (The Take, The last Weekend) in the lead role of young Morse, Roger Allam (The Thick of It, Parade’s End, Game of Thrones) as Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, and written by Russell Lewis, who wrote for Morse and devised Lewis, the drama instantly became a hit with viewers and critics who acknowledged the high production values and beautifully crafted stories inspired by the character created by acclaimed novelist Colin Dexter, whose first Morse story was published in 1975.

Colin continues his association with the drama acting as a consultant to Endeavour producers, Mammoth Screen. The first full series of Endeavour screened earlier this year with each of the four episodes averaging 7.0m and a 25% share, making it one of the best performing drama series on ITV so far this year alongside Broadchurch and Mr Selfridge. Endeavour won the slot across the whole series, convincingly beating off competition from BBC1’s period drama The Village. The new series will comprise 4 x 120 minute films with Russell Lewis returning to writing duties and serving as an Executive Producer alongside Mammoth Screen’s Michele Buck and Damien Timmer who have executive produced Endeavour since its inception. Camille Gatin (Shadow Dancer) will produce the series and the directors will be appointed in the coming months. The series will go into production in Oxford later this year. "We’re truly delighted by the audience's reaction to the first quartet of Endeavour stories, and very grateful to ITV for the opportunity to further embellish the legend,” said Russell Lewis. “As to where we'll be going next time out..? 1966. The year of Revolver. In the Bodleian. With Miss Scarlet.

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eg #000000 is black #ffffff is white Thumbnail Type Interview: Shaun Evans on playing Endeavour Morse Home | Entertainment | Interview: Shaun Evans on playing Endeavour Morse Interview: Shaun Evans on playing Endeavour Morse April 27, 2013 , By Katy Harrington Shaun Evans gets a questioning. IT may be the bad line, Shaun Evans’ strong Liverpool accent (or my Cork one) but whatever it is, Rí-Rá’s conversation with the star of ITV’s latest hit crime drama, Endeavour, doesn’t get off to the smoothest start. The 33-year-old actor is taking a badly needed break from filming after a nonstop year, so perhaps it is just that he’d prefer not to spend his time off answering questions. Evans’ career is on the ascent. He has proved himself a charismatic and convincing actor with roles in The Take, Silk and playing the menacing Ian in The Last Weekend. His latest, and most high-profile part to date, is playing the young Inspector Morse in Endeavour, a four-part prequel series written by Lewis creator and Inspector Morse writer Russell Lewis.

The first episode of Endeavour (which Morse anoraks will know is the detective’s seldom-uttered first name) transmitted in January 2012 to mark the 25th anniversary of the first episode of Inspector Morse and attracted 8.2 million viewers, making it the most popular single film on television in the last five years. Despite fans of the original series worrying about a prequel, the pilot film and Evans’ brilliant portrayal of Morse were well received by critics and viewers alike. Evans was born in Britain, but he has family in Tyrone and Dublin and visits often. “I’m always [in Ireland], I love it. It’s one of my favourite places,”he says. Faced with a choice after he left school between pursuing acting or studying history and politics at university, he chose the former. Did he know from a young age he wanted to act? “Was I a show-off in school, is that what you’re asking me?” No, I explain, but I do want to know where the instinct, the urge or the desire to act came from? “I was 18 and I fancied it to be honest.

It may sound flippant but it was what I wanted to do… I can’t really explain it. I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to drama school and I went. I dunno, I don’t really think about it to be honest.” Were his parents surprised by his choice of career path? “Ya, surprised but supportive,” he says, closing the subject down. Evans was almost finished his threeyear drama course when he left to start working, but his first film never saw the light of day. His next big part was in the Channel 4 comedy Teachers. Was that his breakthrough role? Evading the question, he gives the analogy of a driving lesson to illustrate the difference between drama school and acting in the real world. “You can take lessons but you only know when you get out behind the wheel. It was great to be surrounded by people of my age with a common interest and that is probably the best thing I take from it,” he says, describing his days in drama school. Evans dated Andrea Corr for four years Using his analogy then, was his role in Teachers his first time on the road? Teachers is not something Evans wants to talk about, it seems.

The analogy is silly, he says, and circumventing the topic again he goes back to taking about being surrounded by like-minded people at drama school. So, after drama school, what was it like for a young actor auditioning and landing their first TV part? Irritated now, he repeats: “What was it like? Right, why are you interested in that?” I say that I am interested because I imagine it is an exciting time, a turning point in a young actor’s career. Leaving Liverpool, moving on and starting to work was “a natural progression”, Evans says, and that is all he is willing to say. He is happy to talk about The Last Weekend, the gripping ITV thriller which aired last year, and co-starred Irish actress Genevieve O’Reilly. “I loved that. It’s based on a great book by Blake Morrison, and a great adaptation… it was a lovely job.” He is also positive about The Boys from County Clare, the Irish comedy/drama he starred in alongside Andrea Corr and Colm Meaney. “It was extraordinary, I had the best time. It was just a great, great group of people and a beautiful setting. It was amazing.

We shot up North just outside Belfast and on the Isle of Man and it was just a great time.” It was while on set that Evans and Andrea Corr started a relationship that lasted for four years. Was it strange to date the singer in the height of her fame? “Again it’s like a natural progression… you start going out with someone and then you don’t make a big song and dance about it, you just get on with it,” he says, before cutting himself off. “I don’t really want to focus on that to be honest. Let’s move on to the next question.” Thankfully, the next question is about Endeavour. Was Evans a Morse fan? He answers honestly: “Truth be told… I was working away at the time in the US and my agent gave me a call and said ‘what do you think about this?’ I said ‘I don’t know what I think about it’.” At this stage, Evans was yet to receive a script, so he went back to the source material — Colin Dexter’s Morse novels, which the TV show was based on.

“I hadn’t really seen Morse in any of the incarnations so I bought the books because I think your imagination is the best place to start.” Intrigued by the part, he returned to Britain and started work on Endeavour, but he was adamant that he would be playing Morse on his own terms — this wasn’t going to be any John Thaw imitation. “I was clear that if an impression was what they were after then they should look elsewhere. If you just do that then you aren’t doing anything interesting. I had the good fortune that all the creators were on the same page.” Playing a legendary character like Morse wasn’t daunting, he says. “I never even thought of it to be honest. When you are working you can’t be thinking about that kind of stuff. Whatever has come before, you have to come at it with fresh eyes… it was only when we made it and everyone started asking me questions that I thought about it.” Unsurprisingly, as Morse is such an iconic British TV character, the series has attracted media attention, which I doubt Evans has enjoyed. “I actually feel incredibly grateful for the exposure,” he says, somewhat surprisingly.

“If that’s what it takes in order for people to engage and watch our show, then so be it.” Evans is proud of the four new films, each shot by a different director, and co-starring Roger Allam as Detective Inspector Fred Thursday. Inspector Morse ran for 13 years and spinoff show Lewis lasted for seven series, so even at this early stage there are rumours that Endeavour might turn into something more, but Evans is coy about what might happen. “I was glad that the first one went down well and I hope these ones do too. Each of them is a great story well told in itself. If this is it, then that’s enough.” His career to date has seen him on stage, the big and small screen and Evans says he has been lucky in this regard.

“To be honest, the medium isn’t important, if it’s a really interesting part and a really interesting character, if it’s a radio play or a stage play then I’m happy either way, just as long as I can keep working… if I can keep shaking things up then I’m happy.” Asked about his plans for the coming months, he just says: “It’s been a really full on year so I’m just going to hang out.” Evans gives little away, but comes across as driven, intelligent, serious, taciturn and occasionally terse… he might just be more like Morse than he knows. Endeavour, a new four-part ITV drama. On portraying the younger Morse… We have tried to show someone who is slightly out of joint with the world he is in. He does have a talent for this particular line of work but he finds it difficult to get over things from his past and move on. As a result of that he’s trapped a lot in his head, which is both a great and terrible thing. A great thing because you have these tiny details of people and crimes and Endeavour has space in his head to ruminate and pay attention to those, which ultimately brings justice to the stories we’ve created.

By the same token in his personal life, he finds it difficult to move on in a relationship and suffers with social awkwardness. He’s still trying to find his feet. I also think that the flip side to being tenacious is the feeling of being superior and more intelligent than the people around him. On why he thinks the public love Morse so much… With the films that were made with John Thaw, I think that it was a combination of an interesting character played by a very charismatic actor. As a detective, he has that combination of imagination, intellect and curiosity. With our films it’s very much still forming. We have to tell a great story and tell it really well. But all the credit is due to Colin Dexter. None of us can take credit for Endeavour Morse apart from Colin. We do our thing but the idea of sitting at your kitchen counter and creating a character — that’s really special. He’s very pleased and grateful with what we try to bring to Endeavour. That makes me happy. On Morse’s relationship with Fred Thursday (played by Roger Allam)… It’s easy to say it’s a father/son relationship but it’s more interesting than that. Thursday is somebody whose time and way of working is about to change.

If you throw on top of that this guy who hasn’t got a relationship with his father, Thursday feels he has something to impart to Endeavour. Thursday sees the potential in him but also that capacity to screw it up. If you’re mentoring someone, they are the ones who need slightly more attention — the ones you think can be brilliant if they just stop screwing it up. With brilliance alone, you’ll just rise to the top. But if you do need a guiding hand, those more complicated people are definitely more interesting. On the production… The 1960s setting is very authentic. It’s lovely seeing the girls dressed up and the chaps in suits. It’s good for a story to have a strong style. The four directors each have their very own take on how it should look and although we’ve had the same production and costumes designers, each one has had a different spin. It adds something to it. Also Oxford is a very special place — the architecture, the streets, the people walking around. Endeavour continues on ITV this Sunday (April 28) at 8pm.

Likes Young Morse finds love with a nurse in new series of Endeavour | Daily Mail Online It debuted in 2012 as a feature length story to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Inspector Morse. Now the prequel to the TV detective show, Endeavour, has returned to ITV for a second mini-series. And this time around Morse, played by Shaun Evans, finds love during the swinging sixties with his next door neighbour. Lovelorn: Detective Endeavour Morse gets romantic with his nurse neighbour in the new series of the ITV crime drama Debut: Shvorne Marks stars as Monica, an second generation immigrant nurse, who falls for Morse Shvorne Marks has joined the cast as Monica, a nurse who lives across the corridor from Endeavour Morse, and according to show writer Russell Lewis, is ‘a second generation immigrant who captures the changing times of the 1960s’. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share ‘It was essential she worked in nursing to highlight the talented immigrants who have done so much for the country,’ he told the Sunday Express. Speaking of his new romance, Shaun said: ‘Monica comes into Endeavour’s life when he’s on his knees.

I think it’s very telling that the relationship comes along at this time. ‘It’s ironic she’s a nurse; she automatically has that caring, nurturing nature he needs. He’s a broken man and she contributes to his mending. I think it’s a very good thing. Shaun added: ‘Apparently it was very common in those days for policemen to be with nurses. We don’t know how their relationship is going to develop or end. It’s very much up for grabs.’ This will be Shvorne’s first major TV role, since graduating from Arts Educational Schools (Arts Ed) – an independent co-educational school specialising in the performing arts – in 2011. A bit of rough and tumble: Shaun Evans, who plays the young Morse, says 'Monica comes into Endeavour¿s life when he¿s on his knees' She has starred in plays including Trust Fund, (The Bush) Colour Blind, (Soho Theatre) Seasoned, (The Tobacco Factory) and Samm- Art Williams' comedy Home.

'She is a kind, loveable and caring woman that finds Morse's unusual charm intriguing,' Marks says of her character Monica, and couldn't be more enthusisastic about her co-star. 'Shaun is absolutely fantastic. He welcomed me in with open arms and helped me out a lot. He was very supportive and patient when showing me the ropes. I have learnt loads from him. He truly is an amazing actor.' The actress also says she 'loves the relationship' between Monica and Morse 'and the colour of their skin comes secondary to that'. 'A mixed relationship was uncommon at the time but it happened. My Grandmother and Great Grandmother both came to England as Nurses, I am so proud that I get to represent that.' On the plod: Shaun is joined by Roger Allam, as DI Fred Thursday in the new series set before the acclaimed Inspector Morse series starring the late John Thaw Endeavour, set before the acclaimed series Inspector Morse (1987-2000), starring John Thaw, also sees the return of Roger Allam as senior Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, as well as show regulars Anton Lesser, James Bradshaw, Jack Laskey, Caroline O'Neill, Sean Rigby and Abigail Thaw.

The first full series of Endeavour screened earlier in 2013, with each of the four episodes averaging 7.0m and a 25% share, making it one of the best performing drama series on ITV that year alongside Broadchurch and Mr Selfridge. The new series will comprise 4 x 120 minute films; Nocturne, Sway, Neverland and beginning with Trove on Sunday March 30th on ITV. Soon: Endeavour returns to ITV screens on Sunday March 30th Exclusive: the making of the new series of Endeavour | Radio Times Twitter Exclusive: the making of the new series of Endeavour As filming begins in Oxford this week on a new four-part run of the Inspector Morse prequel, producer Dan McCulloch tells us what's in store Comments Dan McCulloch 12:01 AM, 15 September 2012 Millions of you watched, thousands of you voted at RadioTimes.com to see more and here we are. More Endeavour. Four films. Four more directors. Many new guest actors and 92 days of filming. A rolling crew of over of a 100 working over a packed schedule.

Russell Lewis has set the bar so high with his scripts that we all have to work extra hard to deliver films that match them. It was a blink of eye since the first Endeavour met the world on January 2nd 2012. And now – nine months later - I’m on set again. Lots of new faces but many familiar ones who made it back to the show. It’s day one of filming, first up is scene 64 “Thursday tells Endeavour…”, the superb Shaun Evans and indomitable Roger Allam reprising their roles as Detective Constable Endeavour Morse and Detective Inspector Fred Thursday. In Endeavour time it’s only been weeks since Morse has decided to settle in Oxford working for Thursday at Cowley Police Station. And they won’t be alone… you’ll be seeing more Max DeBryn (James Bradshaw) and Abigail Thaw as Dorothea Frazil and we'll be introducing Constable Strange played by Sean Rigby – a character originally played by James Grout, when Chief Superintendent Strange was the original Morse’s boss… We also introduce two new Russell Lewis creations at the Police Station: Anton Lesser as Chief Superintendent Bright and Jack Laskey as Detective Sergeant Jakes.

Whilst it’s good to be back with Morse and Thursday as they crack their first new case, it won’t always be plain sailing. For our hero Endeavour will struggle with life at the police station and Thursday won’t always be around to get him out of a tight spot. Life is complicated for the 20-something starting out, his formative years peppered with the toughest challenges in work and in life. Each Endeavour is ambitious, the first has over 75 sets and 43 locations (that’s in 23 days remember - the location manager and production designer haven’t shaved in a while!) As in the old days of Morse, we rarely travel back to the same place twice. The new challenge: how to deliver 1960s Oxford with more scale than before. Filming is pretty fluid and beset with the usual challenges. From shooting mist on the water to getting a two-year-old toddler not to cry for his REAL mummy just sitting off screen, there’s a new challenge nearly every day. What’s amazing is how focused Shaun Evans remains despite all this. He's a consummate performer and I’m hugely looking forward to see how he develops his character through all our films.

Question: Which day of the week completes the name of Detective Inspector Fred ???????? in the TV crime drama Endeavour?
Answer: THURSDAY